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Jason Dick

They sew 5 million American flags a year. Then politics happens - Roll Call

After three years of filming inside a factory just south of Milwaukee, Cynthia Wade and Sharon Liese will never see the American flag the same way again.

“We got to see how significant this little piece of fabric can be, and how much meaning people put into it,” Liese says.

At Eder Flag, employees meticulously sew the point of each star, until the nylon or polyester flags start to look like works of art. Then, they get shipped out into a country where flying the flag can be divisive. 

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